Funny you say this. I was at the dentists today and she asked me how was my "army stuff". I said it was good and asked when she would be doing another x-ray for my teeth. She goes "well you had one 6 months ago so you should be good for another 6 months...but come back before you get into the service so we can do another one...for you know...identification".

Thats always something that comes up whenever any one mentions any interest in joining the military. -sigh- don't people get it? if your running around people that are shooting at you there is a possibility that one may get lucky and put one in your forehead. everyone that signs up knows there is a possibility of them being sent into combat (even those that arent in combat related fields)

I even had a few buddies try and convince me for 3 hours that I was throwing my life away and am just a tool for killing innocents and will be a slave to a modern Hitler(I don't agree with ANY, although I don't like Bush in anyway, of this just FYI).

Coming from kids who have been spoon fed their entire lives and currently wait tables, having their parents still support them every step of the way while smoking pot, doing coke and drinking each and every day it's hard to take anything they say seriously.

No I don't support this war but I'm not going to support this war. I'm going to better my life and become a man.

I always respond with, at least I will die with honor and dignity. It won't be from a drug overdose, it won't be from drunk driving or catching cancer. I'll die fighting for something bigger than you and me.

I'm 22 and if I die next year in Iraq so be it. I am ready and willing.

BTW our generation has never ever had to endure anything and when the day comes when the shit hits the fan, and it will...soon, I want to be ready and not just fade away like they will.

When do you leave? I'm signing this Thursday as long as my pee is clean and hopefully it will be. I've been smoking for the past 3years everyday have stopped cold turkey 2 weeks ago.

Funny you say this. I was at the dentists today and she asked me how was my "army stuff". I said it was good and asked when she would be doing another x-ray for my teeth. She goes "well you had one 6 months ago so you should be good for another 6 months...but come back before you get into the service so we can do another one...for you know...identification".

thanks lady.

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It took me awhile to figure it out, but

....Ah, c'mon, I doubt she would be that cold. I'm guessing you misinterpreted her, eh ??

It's different now.
People then didn't support the war or the troops.
Sadly, back then, service members were not treated as they are today.
The added dig... The majority of those who served in 'Nam were drafted, and few, if any, wanted to be there.
Many of the vets came home, and fought a different, more personal, war.
They won the latter, and their efforts resulted in a shift in the way today's service members, and their families, are treated by the majority of American civilians- irrespective of their views on the war being fought.

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ah yea...in retrospect i shouldve thought a little more before posting that...but thanks